Friday, February 15, 2008

One Year Old.

I cannot even begin to put into words how amazing the past year has been. While it has gone by altogether too quickly, the small, quiet moments it has brought me have been so beautiful, it moves me to tears. I never knew I could feel such love, joy, fear, pain, heartbreak, and hope. And if I ever thought I was a worrier before...well...

It has been a great year for the boys, and most of all I am thankful for their health, happiness, and fun personalities. Tomorrow we gather with family and friends to celebrate and I will be sure to post many pictures for everyone to see.

Thank you for loving these wonderful guys I feel lucky to have met. How was I so lucky to bring these wonderful babies (not any more...) into this world? How was I so lucky to get to meet these little men?

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The story of how the tader tots came to be

When I started this blog, I originally thought it was going to be a taderbaby...we chose the nickname after the delicious spuds served at Young's Jersey Dairy...but quickly found out it was tader tots! At 28 weeks gestation my placenta started abrupting and I was briefly hospitalized, then put on strict bedrest. At 31w 4d I was let up for an hour a day. At 32w on the dot, I was re-admitted for bleeding and began a four day fight to stop labor which I lost on 2.15.07 when Jack's placenta abrupted fully. If I hadn't been at the hospital, we wouldn't have made it. Upon birth, Jack's apgar was 3. The boys spent 4 weeks in NICU and this is their story, and mine.